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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

The accompanying sectional cut explains
the result. The head of the cane is made
hollow. A small hole is bored through the
top of the head, into which screw
closely fits. Through this hole the yonng
man iniects Ills liquid when he starts out
to exhibit himself, and through this hole
he extracts the substance from time to time.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
A SECTIONAL VIEW.

Milk and sugar, and not ambrosia, as
many suppose, is the favor!te invigorator of
the Philadelphia dude No well conducted
specimen OF the away-up-to-the-top-of
dudedom should be without this reservoir
cane.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
Eccentricities Of Women's Fashions

1t is quite fashionable for one hip to be a
little higher than the other, and when you
look at n woman from the rear it's to see
how different is the scoopng out on each
side. In another respect women pan out
shockingly-thats IN the matter of feet.
They unfasten fancy Oxford ties; they take
off yellow carriers with damond-set clasps;
they strip off dainty embroidered silken
stockings and they letsloose deformed toes,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05


You see l have 81 left Well, there is
much use for him. but he gets 81 or so now
and then. Then there are the shows, one
likes to take one in once in awhile, and in
the summer cheap excursion on a pleasant
Sundays in order. | can't afford to go on
sprees with my gentleman friends like did
before | was married, and even if | could
afford it L care too much for my family to
waste my time and money elsewhere.
A married man must stick to his home
or else he will lose it sooner
or later. He has no right to risk his salary
on outside speculations. He must provide
for his home first, and then if he has a
dollar Or so left he can, if he feels so in
clined, treat friend or two, but | advise
him to treat his wife and, children first
every time if ne cares at all for therper
sonal comfort and happiness. We live
well, in fact. have all we need. The best
books can be got now in the ten and
twenty-cent editions. and they prove
handler for every day reading
than the more costly ones. We
buy pretty picture now and then for its
beauty, not because it is in fashion or has
been praised by some art critic. Then the
wear and tear OF the furniture takes some
of the change. In the summer we use all
the ice we want, so that takes little extra,
but by careful management we generally
close the year with at least $50 laid aside
for rainy day. This $50 is saved up from
the "a we use as a sundry fund. Ii man
with smalNfamily can't live comfortably
on $50 week, or even on SIS, he certainly
has no business to be married."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
A student of storms.


DetrOIt FTte PreSS.
William A. Eddy, who has been the tor
nado reporter for the United States signal
service for years. was married the other
day. Mr. Eddy seems determined to mas
ter his profession.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
Cnrseis. Corsers.

Thompson's glove-iitting corset at 81 and
$1.25, Newport S. bone at sl.a5, and all
other corsets at very low prices. McIain's.
3S4 Wabasha street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

That was the way. accordin' to their say,
that the fish goes to work to get away with
Il man. They first settle down on you like
n blanket. and there you are.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
POSSIBILITIES OF BASE BALL.

What the Future May Bring for
PITCHERS and Caichers.
Age has wrought great change in base
bail. There is as much difference between
the base ball of ten years ago and that of
to-day as there is between prairie schooner
and a railway train. When George Wright,
Ross Barnes. Harry Wright, Al Spalding
and Zetler twirled the sphere pitching was
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
PR ETY. SHOP GIRLS. J

An Interesting Sight ON Lower
Broadway when They are Out in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
WHAT'S IN A NAME7
1t Is by No Means the Least Important Fac
tor in u Mans Career.

1t Ii by No Means the Least Important Fac
tor in Mans Career.
A name is certainly not the least i'm
portant factor in mans career. How
much more difficult would it be for
Muggins or a Finigan to gain accept
ance as poet, however great his tai
ent, than for IA Tennyson or Milton.
No matter how great a mans energy,
talent or courage may be, an odd or
ridiculous name will be clog to him
through life, and add immensely to his
difficulties in making his way upward.
Of what avail is mans aristocratic
appearance, correct dress, coat of the
most fashionable cut and satisfactory
balance at the bank if his visiting card
condemns him to pity or to ridicule?
What a consolation it must be to a lady
afflicted with a disagreeable name to
know that she may have an opportu-
nifty of changing it for better in a
way at once gratifying to her PRIDE and
her affections. This privilege of the
ladies has been assumed by the Popes,
who change their names when t;.ey
are chosen as successors TO st. Ceter.
The introducer OF this Papal custom,
Sergius IL, may well be excused for
the innovation, seeing that his own
name signifies hogs mouth. Melanc-
thon was not above this weakness, and
he adopted the Greek form of his
proper name, which signified ''Black
Earth" and the learned Erasmus made
similar transformation of his Dutch
name Gerard.
In the time of Louis XIV. distin-
guished writer. wko was a member of
the academy, a councillor of state and
friend of Richelieu, had the misfor-
tune to bear the inappropriate name
of Gueux (beggar). Can we wonder
at his adopting the name OF his patri
monial estate and calling himself Bal
FAC? Many other instances might be
quoted of men of talent and eminence
being dissatisfied with the names that
were borne by their ancestors
Some people, in their anxiety to COM
pensate their children for the vulgar or
ridiculous family names which they
have inherited couple with them what
they consider aristocratic, euphonius
Christian names Hence we have such
combinations as Gladys Beatrice Higgs.
Constance Aurelia Smith and Victor
Augustus Jones. One can sympathize
with the fact that many pleasing hours
of conauIka ton and discussion are
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
CONTEMPTIBLE CONDUCT.

The Unfair Treatment which the Inter
State Commerce Bill Is Receiving at
Republican Hands.
The newspaper organs which for
party purposes kept up an incessant
demand on successive Democratic Com
crosses for the passage of an Inter
State Commerce bill and which hailed
the adoption of the present measure
with much satisfaction are now very
generally attacking the law, abusing
the Congress which passed it and re-
Wiling the Democratic party for its in
competency. They who look to an
organ for fairness, decency or sense
will be disappointed, but it OCCASION
ally seems as though idiOcy and men
dacity were not essential to the con-
duct even of such wind instruments.
The very journals which are now con-
demning a law which has not as yet
had pretense of a trial were for the
most part the most reckless, enthusi-
astic and vociferous advocates of its
passage. Such journalism, some of
which is to be seen in Chicago, is moth
ing less than contemplate, no matter
from what standpoint it may be viewed.
For more than ten years the Senate,
with a heavy Republican majority most
of the time, defeated every attempt of
the House of Representatives to legis-
late on the National railroad problem.
AT length it sprang a dubious device
of its own, which despaIring House
was constrained to accept, with some
notifications. No intelligent man be-
l;avad that tho CullOun- n aaUan hill sS
finally offered for passage would meet
the requirements of the Case. for it was
too palpably the work of enemies as
we'll as of friends of the principle of
National control, but it was regarded
as beginning. and for the purpose of
minimizing any disastrous effects
which it might have the Commission
ers created BY It were given full au-
thority to suspend its operation in
cases where they deemed it adj
visa.ole. Many sincere advocates
Of National control wOul have
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Sneerlng Not Becoming.

In 1884, he treated the significant
71olt which defeated the party only
with petulance and irritation, as a
whimsical. iu-tempered and outrage
Gus folly. 1t was not creditable to =
man of Mr. Sherman's ability to mis-
conceive 50 totally movement of which
he now undoubtedly perceives the i'm
portance. The same want of percep-
ton is shown in his present sneers at
the President Mr.. Sherman misstates
the fact when he says that the Admin
istration has made no proposition to
reduce the surplus, and he is evidently
unaware of the strong hold that the
President has taken of 1.-The plain peo-
ple," by the obvious good sense and
intelligent uprightness of his course
His vetoes of the Dependent Pension
bill, and of individual pension bills,
and of the Texas Seed bill, and his ap-
pointment of the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners, are recent illus
trations of an Independent and able
and patriotic discharge of public duty
which have impressed the country In
way which no passing sneer even of SO
distinguished an opponent as Mr..
Sherman can affect. Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Milk in Siberia.

In winter time milk goes to the buyer
in chunk instead of quart The
people in Siberia buy their milk frozen,
and for convenience it is allowed to
freeze about stick which comes as a
handle to carry it by. The milkman
leaves one chunk or two chunks, as
the case may be, at the houses of his
customers The children in Irkutsk,
instead of crying for drink of milk,
cry for bite of milk. The people
there in the winter time do not say,
''Be careful not to spill the milk" but
''Be careful not to break the milk"
Broken milk is better than spilled mill, (
though, because tbers is an opportu-
nifty to save the pi ces. A quart of
frozen milk on stick is formidable
weapon in the hand of an angry man
or boy, as it is possible to knock per-
son down with it. Irkutsk people hang
their milk on hooks instead of putting
it in pans. though. of course. when
warm spring weather comes on, they
have to use the pans or pals, as the
milk begins to melt and drop down the
hoOkS.-ChTiStid7, Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

preferred to see this bill be@sen,
bat the elatter of the very organs wlrlcn
are now attacking the law and ting
party held responsible for it, served TO
drown the warning voices that We're
everywhere raised against it. The bill
was passed. and commission. admit
teddy composed of capable men. is now
seeking under many disadvantages to
make something out of it
Whether they succeed in this under
taking or not, they will Mt least be in =
position before many months to report
to Congress what legislation is needed
1t is an easy matter for a party horri-
blower to ''whoop up" the people IN
favor of any ill-advised measure falsely
represented as one of relief for existing
abuses. 1t is easier still for any block
head to cry down a measure once
adopted. of which wise and sincere men
are endeavoring to make the best. The
number of such horn blowers and block
heads in control of party newspapers
is large, but fortunately it is not in
CHICAGO Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
No Tariff on ideas.

The bidding for gun steel and armor
plating for the navy at Washington ex-
torts from the IridN1se the following
reluctant tribute to the success of Sec
rotary Whitney in securing American
bids:
When he succeeds in securing bids from TO
sponsible American hOnSes for gun steel ana
armor plates there Is no ground for criticisz-
The promotion Of American industries is al
ways a wise and popular policy.
Mr.. Whitney has simply gone about
this business in this matter in n pzssc-
teal and patriotic way. He has Sc
cured the best information available
from all over the world. In awarding
contracts in the execution of which
foreign experience is of immense
value, he gives the preference TO Amer
lean industries. The country has rea-
sons to be thankful that Republicans
have not been able to devise u prohilI.
itory tariff on information and ideas
Washington Star.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
POTATO CULTURE.
The Soil and Climate Best Suited to the
Growth of NIealy Tubers.

The Soil and Climate Best Suited to the
Growth of Mealy Tubers.
But II small portion of the territory
of the United States is adapted to the
profitable production of common pOta-
toes. 1t is true that they can be raised
in every State and Territory. but in
several Of them the yield is ordinarily
small and the quality poor. The larg
eest crops are raised in the northwestern
portion of Maine and the smallest in
the southwestern portion of Texas. Good
potatoes are produced in all the States
and most of the Territories that border
on Canada. In all of them. when the
facilities for transportation are good,
potatoes constitute paying crop to
raise for the market. In Aroostoo&
County, Maine. five hundred bushels
of potatoes are not unfrequently raised
on an acre of ground. Their quality is
so excellent that they bring high
price in the market Beaver Island,
situated near the north end of Lake
Michigan, furnishes the finest late pO-
tatoes that come to this market In
high northern ATTITUDES it is practicable
to plant potatoes in the fall and to dig
them in year from the following
spring. On the islands in the great
lakes snow generally falls to consid-
cradle depth before the soil is frozen,
and it protects from injury the pota-
toes that are in the ground.
Excellent early potatoes are raised in
nearly all the Southern States. 1t is
very difficult, however. to keep them
any considerable length of time. If
planted in early spring. they mature in
midsummer. If they are dug at that
time, they soon wither. If they are
allowed to remain in the ground. they
sprout, or take second growth"
which ruins them for eating
purposes. In some cases late
crop of potatoes can be raised in
the South, but its success will depend
on the season. Localities liable to Sc
we're and lone-continued droughts are
very unfavorable to raising good crops
of potatoes. A moist climate and a
temperature nearly even throughout
the growing season are favorable to
potatoes. A continuous growth from
the time the tubers sprout till the new
zones are of full size is what is wanted.
This is insured by moisture and an
.even temperature. An arrest of growth
caused by lack of moisture or an ex-
cess of heat Injuries the quality and
lessens the yield of potatoes. The
quicker n crop of potatoes is raised the
better will the quality be likely to be
and the larger the yield. The largest
crops of potatoes are raised when the
growing season is quite short or when
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

given to tie young mother and hen
husband in deciding what name will
sound mellihuously and assert most
fittingiy with the sterling and attract
i've qualities which are so susceetibly
packed up in the little cheruL, their
first-born.
The ancients had many superstitions
as to names, and even elevated the
study to science under the title of
ononmantia. When the Romans raised
an army or numbered the citizens they
were always careful that the first name
taken should be an suspicious one.
More than one Emperor owed his ele-
walton simply to his name, and Cesar
in his expedition to Africa gave q COM
mand to obscure Scipio because the
people believed that the Scipios were
invincible in Africa. Similar influence
weighed with the French ENJOYS who
went to negotiate marriage between
one of the Spanish princesses and Louis
VIII. They rejected Urraca, the elder
and more beautiful princess, who was
intended for their royal master. and
preferred her sister because her name,
Blanche, had a more musical sound.
The Spanish Ambassador to the
court of Elizabeth considered his dig
nifty Sighted when the Queen APP
pointed a wealthy citizen to receive
him because his host bore the very
short name of John Cuts. He soon
found, however, that if Cuts had
short name he had a long purse and
right royal way of dipping into it for
the sake of upholding the English name
for hospitality.-AH The Year Round.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
FRESH YOUNG REPUBLICANS.

MI. shernan.s Evident Opinion OF HIS
Youthful Followers OF the Quaker city
Young Republicans almost every
where are bright youths. with the luS-
ter of ncwness and freshness upon
them. We dare say the Young Re-
publicans of Philadelphia arc no ex-
ception to the rule.
Senator Sherman has been for many
years a Republican. with all that the
name implies. He has grown old and
rich in the exercise of Republicanism-
He must have, however, u very poor
opinion of the intelligence of his jun
iors in Philadelphia, judging by the
letter in which he has undertaken to
explain to them the philosophy of the
continued existence of the Republican
party, and to provide n programme for
this and future generations of Young
Republicans.
The work OF the Republican party Is hut
fairly begun"
That is Honest John Sherman's text.
Did not another Honest John-Honest
John Patterson, of South Carolina
make remark somewhat to the same
effect few years ago? Mr.. Sherman
continues:
velop and diversity American industry
1t strikes us that a good many Dem-S
ocrats, young. middle aged, and old.
are ut present engaged in this noble
work with no immediate intention of
yielding to the Young Republicans
the monopoly of development and die
versifcation.
1.-The education OF the rising generation, with.
mt m H.
ton of servitude, ought TO be a constant object
OF desire.
1t ought TO be. and we are happy to-.
add that it is, without respect either to
race, color or previous condition of
servitude, or TO the lines of party Or
CARNATIONS. We know of more than
one village school in which little DEM 9
ocrats may be seen studying the SPELL
ing book side by side with the small
brothers and sisters of Mr. Sllerman's
Young Republican friends
- The equal enjoyment OF every civil and po-
ltical right given by the constitution should be-
secured by every legal and constitutional
means"
Yes, by all means.
1.-The shadows and preju dices of the pasS
should be lifted by the lights OF modern civiliza
tion.''
In the immortal words Of the poet
you bet!
All this. writes Honest John Sher-
man, is the work which the Republics
an party still has to carry ON and carry
out to its logical conclusion
1t is evident that this venerable and
opulent losopher-statesman does not
believe that the Young Republicans OF
Philadelphia are very bright youths.
however sure he may feel Of their Inc
tellectual freshness.-N Y Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
COOKS THAT CELL

Price and Fancy Binding the Chief Ele-
ments OF Literary Success.
Copyright has a great Geal more to
do with it than any thing else.' said a
Broadway bookseller when he was
asked what kind of books he sold the
most of. at is matter of price. with
the average public. L mean. Pirated
English works outsell the books of
American writer's. because there is no
copyright on the English books. and
they are accordingly low priced. A
new American book will occasionally
sell well for few weeks, but am
talking about average sales. Next to
the Bible, Shakespeare and Dickens,
the best selling book is Tcnnyson's
poems. There is no copyright and
they can be gotten out very cheaply.
You can get u first-rate edition of Ten
nyson for one dollar. After Tennyson
in popularity come Thackeray. Walter
Scott, Milton, Byron and miscellaneous
English poets. The American poets
are slow selling. because they are copy
righted and dear. Longfellow is still
the best selling American poet, and af-
ter him comes Whittier. Bryant, Al
Orlcn ana Bret t1drte.
Next to cheapness. gaudy binding
seems to be the principal attraction.
When the two are joined nearly any
sort of book can be made to go. l
remember the experience of publish
or, friend of mine. that proves the
truth of my view. He bought at an
auction sale for song plates of
6Outhey's ''Thalaba'' which once
formed a part of complete set of
plates of southey's works. My friend
issued an edition of ''Thalaba." which,
you know, is lurid nightmare which
no one understands and no one but
the proof-reader has ever read
through, bound it in an elaborate and
attractive style. and threw it on the
snarket as a holiday gift book at 81. so.
1t sold like hot cakes. OF course no
one that bought it ever tried to unravel
the delirious puzzle the book contained,
but 1t was poetry. it bore the name
of well known author, it was bound
in style that made it good center
table ornament, it was cheap-aEd
that was enough.
Cooper is the best selling American
novelist. The copyright on his books
expired long ago. The best selling
0ingle work ever written by an Ameri- |
can is Uncle Toms Cabin" which is
still protected by copyright. and |
which still sells, summer and winter. |
thirty years after it's appearance, as
though it was just out. My! my! but |
there has been money made out of
that book. Mrs. Stowe has made more |
from it than from all her other works |
and three or four publishers
have got rich from it.
1.-The introduction of the cheap paper |
editions have reVOlutionized our bust
ness. and that of the Juvenile book
writer as well. A dozen years ago we
used to sell thousands of sets every |
year of books by Oliver Optic. Horatio
lAlger, Jr., Elijah Kellogg and others.
Now we very rarely have call for
any thing of the kind. The cheap |
paper libraries of detective and hunting
have driven the other and
1>Htter books out of the market-the /
worse for the growing generations
should say."-M T. Com
s7aerciaL AdUertiSer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12
Double Work for Drummers.

Brass Band DirectOr-Weli, are you
all ready for the parade?"
PerfOrmer-The second cornet isn't
here; he's sick.
s.Eh?"
''And the first cornet told me to tell
yeu maybe he couldn't get here; he's
got rheumatism in his fingers
s.Well?"
That's all. except the tenor horn
says he hasn't had true to practice
and can't play a note" ma
Too bad. Say, you fellows with
the bass drums. you'll have to work
hard to-day" -OnlGhd World. Il
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

"A Russian peasant employed as
watchman on an estate near Odessa
aroused the ill-feeling of Jews by inn
pounding their 5 tray cattle. The Jews
decoyed him into barn. where they
immersed their victim several times in
a caldron of boiling water. and then
flung him out into neighboring field.
The unfortunate peasant fingered three
days in great agony and then died
CHICAGO Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

"A Concord school philosopher
makes it as plain as the MONDAY sun
when he says that there are many; that
there is one; and their unity by the
oneness of the many enables us to
firmly grasp the manyness OF the one
in the threefOldness of its totality.-
N. \. Graphic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

"A new process for making steel
pipes or tubes is thus described as in
use in Germany: Steel is cast into q
round mold, core is thrust into it, SO
that short tube is formed between 1t
and the wall of IT, mold. The short
tube or cup thus obtained is then I'0llsd
or drawn In an ordinary train.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

The true boundary line between
Connecticut and Rhode Island was only
settled recently, and Rhode Island gets
from six to nine feet of nutmeg land II
the aeA-Detroit Free Press,